Re: AMD 486DX2 80MHz and Warp?

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From: Erik Persson
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1994 20:00

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In article <3bsttg$k9c@gabriel.keele.ac.uk>,
A.A. Olowofoyeku <laa12@cc.keele.ac.uk> wrote:
>Dorai Sitaram (dorai@ses.com) wrote:

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>I read a review last month in which Cyrix's dx2/66 processors were the
>fastest of the bunch - followed by AMD dx2/66, and then lastly by Intel. The
>Intel chip came last in all the tests, and the Cyrix chip came first in all
>the tests (if my memory serves me right). The Cyrix chip was generally about
>13% faster than the Intel equivalent, and in some cases, more than that.

The Cyrix chip does not include a math coprocessor. Programs that rely
on the presence of a c-proc. will therfore be slower. I suppose
this category includes picture editing progs. as well as mathprogs.
I seen somewhere that Cyrix claims that their procs. are about 13%
faster than intel/amd equivalent on integer.

>--
>The Chief
>---------
>Dr. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku  (The African Chief)
>Keele University, England    (and, the Great Elephant)
>Email: laa12@keele.ac.uk      

/Erik
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Subject: Re: AMD 486DX2 80MHz and Warp?
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